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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Pat McCrory Water Quality Programs
Governor Thomas A. Reeder
Director
August 22, 2013
Jeff Jurek, Project Management Manager
North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program
217 West Jones Street
Suite 3000A
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Junes Branch Restoration
DWQ Project # 20120748
Jackson County
LTN02 / Bumgamer Branch / 2 -79 -48 / Class C
Dear Mr. Jurek:
John E. Skvada, III
Secretary
The Division of Water Resources has completed the review of your 401 Water Quality Certification application
associated with the subject project listed above.
Approval has been granted to place fill within or otherwise impact 3,232 linear feet of streams for the purpose
of stream restoration at the subject property. This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the
attached Certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3885. This Certification allows
you to use Regional General Permit 27 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE).
Authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your
application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon expiration of the corresponding USACE
Permit Verification. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state
or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment
Control regulations.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your project,
you must notify us and may be required to submit a new application.
Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions of
this Certification are met. No other impacts are approved including incidental impacts:
Location: 2090 U S Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: 828 - 29845001 FAX: [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Location: 2090 U S Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
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Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or stream
impacts), you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You must act within 60 days of the date that you receive
this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition, which conforms to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina
General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-
6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a hearing.
This letter completes the review of your application by the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of
the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Barnett in the Asheville Regional Office
at (828) 296 -4657.
Sincerely,
for Thomas A. Reeder
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Enc: GC3885
Certificate of Completion
cc: Environmental Banc & Exchange
909 Capability Drive, Suite 3100, Raleigh, NC 27606
David McHenry, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
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